Shyam Gouri Suresh 

My undergraduate education at Trinity College inspired me to study further and I continued my graduate education at the University of Texas at Austin where I obtained a Ph. D. in Economics in May 2008.  Upon graduation, I worked for over a year as a Senior Consultant in the Transfer Pricing Group of Deloitte Tax LLP.  In the fall of 2009, I returned to my alma mater as a Visiting Assistant Professor.  At Trinity College, I teach intermediate macroeconomics and a course titled ' Contemporary Macroeconomic Issues.'

My fields of interest are Macroeconomics, International Economics, Computational Economics, and Development Economics. My current research includes topics in development that relate to international economics and I am working on papers that explore the impact of international migration and migrant remittances in a general equilibrium setting.  My research is also evolving in terms of methodology; rather than restricting myself to traditional neoclassical models, I am also exploring agent-based computational models of migration and remittances.

For me, the ultimate reward from good teaching is the ‘Eureka!’ moment: The lit up eyes of a student who has grasped a difficult concept. Starting from my days as an undergraduate mentor and a graduate teaching assistant and on through my days as a visiting assistant professor at Trinity College, it has always been the reward of watching difficult concepts take root in the mind of the individual student that has motivated me to improve myself as a teacher.

Curriculum Vitae

Working Paper - The Cost of a Border in a Model of Aggregate Fluctuations

Working Paper - The Macroeconomic Impact of Migrant Remittances

Statement of Teaching Philosophy